28-05-2025
Community Spotlight: 3rd Annual DG5K
BISMARCK, Ill. (WCIA) — Kody Gettleman joined WCIA's Taylor Mitchell to talk about the upcoming DG5K event.
This event started in 2022, a year after Kody's dad, Dwayne Gettleman, passed away from pancreatic cancer. The race was named after Dwayne when a group of his family members got together and ran a 5K in his honor. Since then, Kody decided to make it bigger and open to the public to raise money for Boy Scouts in Bismarck, which his family has been heavily involved in.
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In 2023, the 5K raised $3,000 for Boy Scouts in not only Bismarck but in other areas of Vermilion County as well. In 2024, the race doubled its donations and raised $6,000, allowing the money to go to Vermilion County Boy Scouts as well as $3,000 to Camp Robert Drake in Fairmount for some repairs to their facilities.
The 3rd Annual DG5K will be on June 7 at Bismarck High School. Registration for the race is at 8 a.m. and the race will start at 9 a.m.
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